35 weeks and 2 cm dilated

I'm 35 weeks pregnant with my first child and feeling very little to no contractions, but my dr. checked me anyway and said i was 2 cm dilated. she put me on meds and practically on bed rest, wanting me to last till my 37th week. My back hurts often....how will i know when i'm having contractions and when to time them? i'm getting nervous!

I find it strange that your doctor put you on bed rest for being 2cm dilated. At 36 weeks I was 2cm dilated, 38 weeks I was 3cm dilated and 5 days before I was due I was 4cm dilated and then went into labor the next day. Don't let the fact that you are dilated scare you in thinking you are in labor or going to be in labor soon.
Contractions honestly to me felt like period cramps. I never had a stop watch but if you get one that lasts like 20 seconds or more just glance at the clock and note what time. Then if you happen to get it again not the time and the difference in the time. If you notice it is around 15mins apart you could be starting labor. Once they are 5mins apart (starting at the begining of your contraction to the starting of the next contraction) then give your doctor a call.
The cramps will also slowly get worst so trust me, you will know when you are in labor.

I am having the same experience. Last week, I was 35 weeks and I woke up with menstrual like cramping. At my doctor visit, she said I was 1cm dilated and she put me on the meds to stop the contractions. I did not take the meds because I never got any more bad cramping. Just some here and there. This week, I am 36 weeks and 2cm dilated and 50% effaced at my last checkup. Doc says things are progressing fine and that I can have the baby any day. I was not put on bedrest or anything.

Odd because I&#39;m 35 weeks and 2cm dilated as well and my doc said that&#39;s good and normal. With my first I did start dilating early at 32 weeks I was 3cm and that was the only time I got a steroid shot for his lungs and went on bed rest.

Odd because I&#39;m 35 weeks and 2cm dilated as well and my doc said that&#39;s good and normal. With my first I did start dilating early at 32 weeks I was 3cm and that was the only time I got a steroid shot for his lungs and went on bed rest.

The simple answer is, you will know. Contractions are nothing like you have ever felt before. When one comes you will know it. Its really hard to even describe, but your stomach will get really really really tight, painful and hard. Time them when you start to feel them at regular intervals. If you feel one in the morning and then don't feel another until the afternoon no need to time them. However, if they start to come at regular intervals begin timing them. Once you start timing and notice they are consistent call your doctor. Unless of course your water breaks then just go stright to the hospital.
Don't get nervous you will be find and do wonderful.

I just turned 36 weeks today. I went to the doctor yesterday to get a regular checkup. When he checked me he had told me that I was already 2cm dilated. I wasn't put on any meds or anything. He also told me that I could have her anyday now! Im excited!!!

For me, the difference between true and prodromal (early labor that is accomplishing some dilatation but is spread out over weeks) labor is clear and consistent patterning regardless of activity or inactivity (ie you can time the contractions and they are very regular and laying down or, conversely, getting more active, won't change them). Although it's a good idea to take it easy until you get to term, don't be disappointed if your prelabor doesn't equal an early delivery. It's not completely uncommon to dilate early and still hang on til your due date or later before active labor starts (I start dilating at 31 weeks and am dilated to 4-5cm for three weeks or more before labor starts).

Odd because I&#39;m 35 weeks and 2cm dilated as well and my doc said that&#39;s good and normal. With my first I did start dilating early at 32 weeks I was 3cm and that was the only time I got a steroid shot for his lungs and went on bed rest.

Odd because I&#39;m 35 weeks and 2cm dilated as well and my doc said that&#39;s good and normal. With my first I did start dilating early at 32 weeks I was 3cm and that was the only time I got a steroid shot for his lungs and went on bed rest.

Odd because I&#39;m 35 weeks and 2cm dilated as well and my doc said that&#39;s good and normal. With my first I did start dilating early at 32 weeks I was 3cm and that was the only time I got a steroid shot for his lungs and went on bed rest.

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